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Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
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A Kildare man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after he permanently injured his ex-partner in a “ferocious assault”. The assault took place after the attacker, Anthony Mockler, of Station Road, Co Kildare, locked the woman in a taxi with him. Despite the gardaí, taxi driver and others surrounding the taxi urging him to stop, the attack lasted 10 minutes.
Repeatedly banging the victim’s head off the car’s interior, Mockler told her he would “destroy her face”. Hair and blood were left all over the vehicle following numerous blows to the woman’s head and face. A plastic surgeon has stated that the scars she suffered will be permanently visible.
Despite being the subject of a safety order forbidding Mockler from approaching his former partner, he followed her after spotting her outside a nightclub in Naas on the night of the 5th of November, 2023. He then forced her into the taxi he had arrived in and locked everyone else outside. The driver later described Mockler as being in a drunken rage on the journey there.
Handing down the sentence on Friday at the Circuit Criminal Court in Naas, Judge Martina Baxter stated Mockler treated his ex “like a possession to control and abuse.” His behaviour included harassing her with “crude, sordid and distasteful” text messages, threatening to murder her and also threatening to kill himself, stating it would be her fault if he did.
Mockler has been convicted nine previous times, one due to a burglary he carried out on the woman’s family home. While Judge Baxter acknowledged that the accused had submitted a guilty plea early, she was unsure whether he was genuinely remorseful in light of his “angry, controlling and dangerous behaviour”.
The Court acknowledged the victim’s bravery as she expressed her eagerness to leave the incident in her past. On top of a thirteen-year prison sentence, with the final two years suspended, upon release, Mockler is bound for three years to stay away from his former partner, refrain from alcohol and drugs, keep the peace and undergo any courses advised by probation services.
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Shane Flynn, 35, owner of a Mullingar clinic, was convicted of sexual assault after inappropriately touching a client seeking back pain relief. The investigation also revealed 18 hours of footage showing Flynn secretly filming 35 women during massages, raising further concerns about his conduct and abuse of trust within his practice.
Naveed Rana, a Dublin taxi driver, was sentenced to five and a half years for the assault of an 18-year-old woman after a night out. The court heard how Rana took advantage of the victim’s trust, driving erratically and assaulting her before being apprehended due to her quick actions in reporting the incident to Gardaí.
Pat Murphy, a 34-year-old father, died after a ruptured artery went undiagnosed at Cork University Hospital. Despite suffering severe chest pains, he faced a nine-hour wait for a CT scan, delayed further by a malfunctioning machine. His family claims this delay contributed to his tragic death.
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